Now
the mainstream media is catching up and reporting VeriChip Corp., "one
of the most aggressive marketers of radio frequency identification chips,"
is trying to convince the Pentagon to insert the chips, known as RFID
(Radio Frequency Identification) chips under the skin of the right arms
of U.S. servicemen and servicewomen. The rationale is to enable them to
scan an arm and obtain that person’s identity and medical history. The
chips would replace the metal dog tags that have been worn by U.S. military
personnel since 1906.

This
is the camels butt in the tent. It has long been observed that on the
road to mandatory sub dermal biochip implantation, incrementalism would
be the key.

First
you implant those who can’t say no: the prison population, the military,
government workers etc. Then the universe is expanded to those who want/need
government services, then those who want/need to travel, buy gasoline
etc. until the unbranded minority is compelled by necessity to accept
the ‘accepted’.

VeriChip
has already established a robust business in Latin America where kidnapping
is a boutique industry.

VeriChip
spokeswoman Philbin says, "The potential for this technology doesn’t just
stop at the civilian level,” Philbin said. Company officials have touted
the chips as versatile, able to be used in a variety of situations such
as helping track illegal immigrants or giving doctors immediate access
to patient’s medical records.

Several
years ago I wrote about a discussion I had on my radio talk show in San
Francisco. “I made a passing reference to the Sylvester Stallone/Wesley
Snipes movie "Demolition Man." In it, everyone in the future is
required to have a sub-dermal biochip implant. The device held an individual's
entire personal history: medical, financial, health history, criminal
record, etc. I noted that although it was science fiction, the technology
exists NOW.

It has
been "suggested" that sub-dermal biochip implants could/would assist the
military in locating downed pilots. After all, it costs a lot of money
to train a jet jockey and if or when they crash, they are a valuable resource
that should be recovered as soon as possible. Parents could/should have
them implanted in their children to aid in locating them if lost or kidnapped.
If or when that estranged spouse kidnaps your child, GPS (Global Positioning
Satellites) could track the child's exact whereabouts. Heck, cars and
cell phones now have GPS units that offer help on demand road assistance
at the push of a button -- even if YOU don't know where you are.”

VeriChip’s
heavy political clout is accented by having former secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, on its board of directors.

Thompson
assured reporters the chip is safe and that no one — not even military
personnel, who are required by law to follow orders — will be forced to
accept an implant against his or her will. Yeah….for now..kinda/sorta.
Not everybody agrees with Thompson, the idea of implanting the chips in
live bodies has some veterans’ groups and privacy advocates worried…bigtime.

Liz
McIntyre, co-author "Spychips:
How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Move with
RFID," said that VeriChip is "a huge threat” to public privacy. "They’ll
start with people who can’t say no, like the elderly, sex offenders, immigrants,
and the military. Then they’ll come knocking on our doors.” In other words,
to re-write Ben Franklin, it is necessary to sacrifice a whole lot of
freedom for a little security.

Big-Flipping-Brother
knows where you are ALL the time. Privacy ... the very concept of privacy
becomes an anachronism.

The
myopic hubris of bureaucratic sphincters is sufficient to gag a maggot.

Those
of us who still intend to defend and protect the Constitution against
ALL enemies; foreign AND domestic are, by "The Controllers'" definition,
"social misfits, kooks, and rebels."

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